The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records from the Veteran's outside rheumatologist and internal medicine specialist. The VA must obtain these records and add them to the claims file before readjudicating the service connection claim.
The deciding factor: Incomplete medical records from the Veteran's outside providers prevented a thorough review of her condition, necessitating their retrieval and addition to the claims file.
- Claimed conditions
- low back sprain, back injury residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 18, 2023
- Citation
- 23003118
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's back injury residuals, finding that her current condition is more likely than not caused by a back injury she sustained during active duty in August 1997.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection of right knee condition, left knee condition, and back injury residuals due to the Veteran's death.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches as secondary to the Veteran's asthma with sinusitis, but denied service connection for a low back sprain and plantar fasciitis. The claim for a neck condition was dismissed.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's service connection for migraine headaches was granted as secondary to his service-connected disabilities, while other conditions were denied.
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